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कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वतैते विदितात्मनाम्॥

The ascetics who are free from desire and anger, and whose minds are controlled, attain the highest bliss of Brahman around them.

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कामक्रोधस् तथा मोहो लोभो मानो मदस् तथा।
षड्वर्गमुत्सृजेदेनम् अस्मिंस्त्यक्ते सुखी नृपः॥

The king who abandons the sixfold enemy—lust, anger, delusion, greed, pride, and arrogance—attains happiness in rulership.

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कामक्रोधादयः सर्वे मतिरक्षाण्यहंकृतिः।
गुणा विविधकर्माणि विलीयन्ते मनःक्षयात्॥

Lust, anger, and ego destroy reason. Qualities and actions dissolve when the mind is corrupted and lost.

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कामक्रोधादिभिस्तापैस् ताप्यमानो दिवानिशम्।
आत्मा शरीरान्तस्थोसौ पच्यते पुटपाकवत्॥

Burned day and night by desire, anger, and their kin, the soul within the body is slowly roasted like iron in fire.

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कामक्रोधानृतद्रोहलोभमोहमदादयः।
नमन्ति यत्र राजेन्द्र तमेव ब्राह्मणं विदुः॥

The one before whom lust, anger, lies, betrayal, greed, delusion, and pride bow is truly a brāhmaṇa, O king.

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कामक्रोधावनादृत्य धर्ममेवानुपालयेत्।
धर्मः श्रेयस्करतमो राज्ञां भरतसत्तम॥

Ignoring lust and anger, a king must uphold dharma above all. Dharma alone is the highest good for rulers, O best of Bharatas.

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कामक्रोधावनिर्जित्य किमरण्ये करिष्यति।
अथवा निर्जितावेतौ किमरण्ये करिष्यति॥

What can one gain by going to the forest if lust and anger are not conquered? And if they are conquered, then what need for the forest?

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कामक्रोधौ तु संयम्य योऽर्थान् धर्मेण पश्यति।
प्रजास्तमनुवर्तन्ते समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः॥

He who controls lust and anger and pursues wealth lawfully—his subjects follow him as rivers merge into the sea.

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कामक्रोधौ द्वयमपि पदं प्रत्यनीकं वशित्वे
हत्वानङ्गं किमिव हि रुषा साधितं त्र्यम्बकेण।
यस् तु क्षान्त्या शमयति शतं मन्मथाद्यानरातीन् कल्याणं
वो दिशतु स मुनिग्रामणीरर्कबन्धुः॥

What did Rudra achieve by destroying Cupid in anger? True victory lies in forgiving a hundred enemies through calmness—may such a sage bless you.

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कामक्रोधौ पुरस्कृत्य योऽर्थं राजानुतिष्ठति।
न स धर्मं न चाप्यर्थं परिगृह्णाति बालिशः॥

A foolish king who acts out of lust and anger neither attains dharma nor wealth. True governance comes only with self-mastery.

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